John Coltrane said it best: "We'd all like to sound like that if we could." Coltrane was talking about fellow tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, whose singularly beautiful sound and phrasing -- sensuous, ...
If you're new to jazz, go to our Getting Into Jazz primer for some hints on how to listen. Saxophonist Stan Getz shines in this disc, recorded early in his career with top-flight musicians who created ...
Even given Stanford University’s reputation for fostering innovative thinking, Stan Getz was an unlikely choice to be the school’s first jazz artist in residence in 1986. A prodigy who hit the road at ...
There's nothing dated about a new 2-disc album that revisits Getz's 1961 nightclub recording at New York's Village Gate. Listening to it now, it's hard to overstate what a terrific tenor he was. This ...
About 25 years ago, following Stan Getz’s appointment as Artist-in-Residence at Stanford University’s jazz program, I asked an acquaintance of his how the great tenor saxophonist was adjusting to the ...
In 1989, two years before his death from cancer, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz entered the studio with producer Herb Alpert and an all-star rhythm section, booked for multiple sessions over four days.
"One should always listen closely when people are saying goodbye," Katherine Hepburn tells us in "Stage Door." Likewise, Stan Getz, the great tenor saxophonist, found a way to make sure that people ...
First released in 1961, Focus is a classic of its era, but unlike Kind of Blue or Sketches of Spain, it hasn't always been easy to track down, which makes this reissue especially welcome. Tenor ...
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People ...
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